Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-01-01

quantity of hair which adheres to the
head, they have no occasion to fret
over the same amount of foreign ma
terial; for only so much hair can be
used to advantage, and no sane wo-
man is going to load her head down
with something that only has the eff
feet of making her look ugly. AS to
the "dead pauper" cry, it matters lit
tie whether it came from the head of
a pauper or a millionaire if it be clean
and fine and matches. In the name
of art it should be made to match.
Probably the principal objection to
false hair is that ii is unromantic. A
lover doesen't like to have his mis-
tress' tresses laid in the bureau draw
er over night. But then neither does
the mistress like it, 1t is her mis-
fortune that she has not hair enough
to render herself beautiful in her
lovers eyes, and, having it not, she
should be the object of pity rather
than censure, and should be admired
for her ingenious method of hiding
her disability.
The powder-box and the rouge
brush have also distracted anxious
men for centuries. There is a very
well-sustained objection to these,
though it is not the one which is usu-
ally made, and that is that they sell
dom deceive. The motive with
which they are employed is merely
to beautify. Who shall say that that
is reprehensible? But the device is
not good. Besides, the effect of some
sorts of powders is said to be really
injurious. But any man would rath-
er look at q face softened by a little
rice powder than at one with a shiny
nose and greasy-looking forehead.
Pallor is not unbecoming. Women
ought to learn this, and make up in
brilliancy of their dress what they
lack in complexion. A little study
will soon teach them how to become
effective. Women ought to study
their dress great deal. They are
most of them naturally aesthetic and
possess a refined eye for color, and il
devolves upon them to preserve the
art of fine dressing, which is one o.
the browning accomplishments of all
highly civilized nations, and which
would soon die out it were left tC
the men, who have steadily degener
ated in this particular for the last two
centuries. HHE
Bangs have likewise caused much
agony of mind among the men
Bangs were Objectionable when they
were unbecoming. Some womer
look heavenly in them. Such should
always wear them. And after thu
last word is said and man has howl
ed his loudest howl, it will be observ
ed that he always prefers to go ou
with the stylish and handsome wo
man rather than the badly dressed
and plain one, and that he prefers thu
woman of cultivated address ant
finished cOquetry to the one of bale
commonplace.
Some men do not want women il
business-the man says it is unwo
manly. He will not share his pipe
his trousers, his politics, his liquor
nor his liberty with her, and he il
not even willing to leave her the in
nocent accoutrements with which
she makes herself commendable t,
him. He recommends her to stay il
the house, but he will not stay Their
with her. He takes offense if she ha
ideas, and resents it if she has not
J He calls her a crank if she evolves
theory, and a nonentity if she doe
: not. 1t would seem to an observe
from another sphere that man doe
: not want woman. Perhaps, then
! after all, woman was not made TO
man. Who knows?
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